Researchers have uncovered a surprising way the brain switches pain on, revealing that neurons can release an enzyme outside ...

A research team has developed a fluorescent probe that allows scientists to visualize how individual lipid droplets break ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have used a "zap-and-freeze" technology to watch hard-to-see brain cell ...

The tool provides a fast and powerful way to create models of complex genetic and metabolic data and could pave the way for personalized therapies for diseases that affect the microbiome.

Walk into almost any modern laboratory and you’ll probably picture rows of advanced machines humming away, building the clean ...

This study provides valuable data on the role of Hsd17b7, a gene involved in cholesterol biosynthesis, as a potential regulator of mechanosensory hair cell function. The authors used both zebrafish ...

The community of microbes living in your gut is small to the eye but huge for your health. Trillions of bacteria, viruses and fungi help you digest food, train your immune system and keep harmful ...

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have shown that DNA inflexibility, or rigidity, inside the ...